Planxit David (Jacob Handl)

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(Posted 2021-10-18) CPDL #66262:

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-10-18). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 252 kB Copyright: CC BY SA

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General Information

Title: Planxit David
Composer: Jacob Handl
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Opus musicum, Volume 3, no. 29
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Original text and translations

Latin text

Planxit David rex Absalon natum suum:
O nate mi, cur non licet pro te mori?
Fili parentum nobilis sanguis, iaces,
spes alta regni, cura divorum potens!
Eheu, dolor.

Diadema, sceptrum, regium nomen vale;
Natus meorum ille dux fortis iacet.
Fili, fili, fili quid istud? Corde confosso impie?
O Absalon, dilecte mi fili, vale.
Eheu, dolor.

English translation

King David lamented for Absalon his son:
O my child, why could I not die in your stead?
You lie in death, scion of parents of noble blood,
the high hope of the kingdom, the mighty concern of the angels!
Alas, grief.

Farewell diadem, sceptre and royal name;
My son, that strong leader, lies in death.
O son, how is it? With an heart pierced in wickedness?
Farewell, O Absalon, my beloved son.
Alas, grief.

(trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)